* Sherwood, Margaret Pollock. [Princess Pourquoi.] †$1.50. Houghton.
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The five tales in this volume are wonderstory fables. “The ‘Princess Pourquoi’ represents, let us say, the modern spirit of feminine inquiry in its dignified aspect; ‘The princess and the microbe’ and ‘The seven studious sisters’ represents the same spirit in an amusing light; and ‘The clever necromancer,’ its pathetic side. ‘The gentle robber’ is a more pungent satire upon the theoretical and the actual attitude of the world toward greed and dishonesty on a large scale.” (Nation.)
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“They are very gracefully written, and the effect of each is something like that of an old piece of richly colored embroidery.”
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Shoemaker, Blanche. Woven of dreams. **$1.25. Lane.
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Under the four headings, Sonnets, Youth’s journey, Gathered petals, and Woven of dreams, are gathered more than a hundred exquisite verses, full of the joy of life and the depths of its emotions.